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4 stouffville suntribune saturday april 7 2007 swimming seniors activities flea market big with newcomers from page 1 frequentlyasked questions and other information the town also offers new residents pamphlets and resources in a reusable canvas bag plans are underway to have information kiosks at busy locations such as the leisure centre arena and town offices the town continues to review how it can improve its customer service and assess what the new residents needs are after less than a year here mr somasundaram says i like it very much here however hes disappoint ed the stouffville country market is slated to close in three years when he first wanted to sign up his daughter for swim lessons mr somasundaram found the class filled leisure swims were free of charge in his old neighbourhood and thats something hed like to see in stouffville as well mr somasundaram found soccer times offered here did nt mesh well with the familys schedule and will probably be looking to markham as a place for kershanth to play the whitchurch-stouf- staff photosjoerd witteveen dave somasundaram and children kershanth 13 and mathusha 5 on the porch of their home in a new subdivision in stouffville theyve been busy researching their new home town fville soccer qub has seen a large increase in the number of younger children who want to play and will be adding two new teams this spring victor szabo the clubs head coach said the club has launched its growing with stouffville ini tiative to deal with larger numbers according to its web site stouffvillesoccerorg under the program part ner members who have a rel ative performing at least five hours of volunteer work with the club will receive priority access to playing spots over ordinary members the under nine 10 and 11 age groups are starting to overflow mr szabo said with more programs we are starring to see a real pres sure on the fields he said thats why hed like to see the new bethesda park with several soccer fields built as soon as possible the whitchurch-stouf- dtiriiamyoift residual waste study public information sessions puetlg notice a shortlist of sites has been identified durham and york regions seek your input on the shortlist of sites recommended for a new thermal treatment facility to manage the garbage that remains after recycling and composting the regions of durham and york are participating in a joint study to find a belter way to manage the residual waste ie garbage remaining after recycling and composting through the joint waste management group the two municipalities are addressing the social environmental and financial impacts of this issue by way of an individual environmental assessment ea under the provincial ea act the site identification and evaluation process is currently underway to identify a preferred sile for the proposed facility we are now at a point in the process where a shortlist of sites has been identified and are now ready for public and agency review and comment the shortlist of sites identified below was arrived at following the evaluation methodology and criteria in the approved ea terms of reference which was developed with extensive public consultation and public input fville public library is a big hit with the family which attends the free movie nights mr somasundaram would like to play basketball and badminton offered during the winter months he feels theres a lack of activities for older adults who cant walk to the silver jubilee seniors centre his mother- inlaw lives with the family and there are no activities for her he said with the influx of new peo ple courses and classes are filling up faster residents used to get around to registering when they got around to it nicole ongman recreation pro gramaquatic supervisor said now you have to be pro active and register early ms ongman has noticed new residents are requesting specific sports and activities which they enjoyed in their old communities instead of asking whats available some newcomers are offering to hold classes and teach cpurs- es in their field of expertise staff are trained on a wide variety of issues such as being more sensitive to other cul tures ms ongman noted the library has been pro active by offering a weekly english as a second language conversation club and the response was so positive the meetings have already start ed ifs not a class carolyn nordheimer the librarys cao said but rather an opportuni ty to gain fluency in english in a comfortable friendly set ting the club meets mondays from 7 to 8 pm this was the first year chil dren were turned away from march break programs the numbers tell the tale attendance for march break activities were up 595 per cent from last year to this the summer reading program had 274 per cent more peo ple taking part in 2006 com pared to 2005 when it comes to softball in town registrations are coming in steadily june doner president of the whitchurchstouffville soft ball association said it indi cates people are taking advantage of the wide variety of sports activities in town last season the wwtchutchstouffville minor hockey association had new faces on the team and quite a few inquiries president mike humphreys said we feel it is going to fill up relatively quickly he said new callers are a lot more interested in rep hockey rather than the house league however more players mean that ice time will become even scarcer in town for awhile a third arena most likely wont be open in stouffville until early 2009 staiysf ftfattmvgh rtngtort 03 clarington 0102 on april 10 12 and 14 2007 public information sessions will be held in york and durham regions to present discuss and receive public input on the shortlist of sites identified for the proposed thermal treatment facility the evaluation process followed and the rationale behind the identification of each site will be presented a complete set of supporting documentation can be found on the study website at wwwdurhamvorkwasleca the information sessions will be held as follows tuesday april 10 2007 thursday april 12 2007 saturday april 14 2007 resents roman palace banquet i fall clarington beech centre 1096 ringwell road newmarket on 700pm to 900pm presentation at 730pm 26 beech street bowmanville on 700pm to 900pm presentation at 730pm municipality of clarington municipal office 40 temperance street bowmanville on 930am to 1 130am presentation at 1000am please register fn advance for these sessions by calling 18663984423 the wizard of ifytesxted kf fcfik zsisvvn academy ofi the etrnun ytycts thursday april 12 at 700 pm donations accepted at the door friday april 13 at 700 pm saturday april 14 at 1100 am tickets are adults 1900 seniorsstudents 1500 children under 8 900 call 9056400823 ext 3 for more info join dorothy on her adventures down the yellow brick road inserts for sat april 72007 mr organic lawn care at face value perkins home hardware grass choppers sea de spa lemonville united church mindtech home ease dr green lawncare cliffords haulage home hardware office depot the source by circuit city john deere the gardener no one delivers results like we do to find out mora about how to roach your target market and got the samo groat response from your flyer distributions as these customers can us today selected areas only suntnbune 905 2942200